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Mesut Ozil's work ethic has long been questioned during his time at Arsenal (Image: GETTY)

Stan Collymore believes Arsenal should get rid of Ozil despite tying him down to a new contract (Image: GETTY)

“Ozil has coasted for the last two or three years and so have Arsenal. But Emery will have no intention of doing the same.

“They should sit down with him, shake his hand and say tell him he is a cracking player, but also a luxury player Arsenal can’t afford right now.”

Reports from the Daily Telegraph last night revealed that the Arsenal board will not pressure Emery into a decision as he seeks to avoid the kind of power struggle he endured with Neymar at Paris Saint-Germain.

The manager was forced to concede that Neymar had more power than him following a world-record £198million move from Barcelona, acknowledging that Neymar joined “in order to be the leader” of the club.